djrockinsteve
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The other day I was preparing to blend several different kinds of wine that I have to see which ones I think would be good. A few bordeaux's etc.(Probably all). I wasn't sure if I should measure them in ounces or by percentage.
I started out measuring ounces and marking on a label placed on the side of one of my gallon carboys. The largest amount was 64 ounces so I started there and marked off in increments of 8 ounces.
Then I realized something that I should have already known. That one gallon of liquid in our carboys falls way short of where I fill my wine to. (Just slightly under the bung). This would allow for too much head space and I would have to bottle right away.
I then did a comparison of ounces to ml and waaa-lah. Five 750 ml bottles also falls short of where I fill my carboys to and that this level is higher than 1 gallon based upon ounces. I believe there are 5 more ounces with five ml bottles than 128 ounces.
All in all this is why when I bottle a five gallon carboy I get 25 1/2 bottles of wine.
This basically won't effect most of you but as I prepare to do my champagne it occured to me when a recipe calls for measurements for a gallon are they really referring to a gallon or 3,750ml (five 750ml bottles). With champagne and sugar measurement this could be a problem. With my blends it's not that great a deal and I will blend based upon a percentage.
Just FYI for those few that are as anal as myself.
I started out measuring ounces and marking on a label placed on the side of one of my gallon carboys. The largest amount was 64 ounces so I started there and marked off in increments of 8 ounces.
Then I realized something that I should have already known. That one gallon of liquid in our carboys falls way short of where I fill my wine to. (Just slightly under the bung). This would allow for too much head space and I would have to bottle right away.
I then did a comparison of ounces to ml and waaa-lah. Five 750 ml bottles also falls short of where I fill my carboys to and that this level is higher than 1 gallon based upon ounces. I believe there are 5 more ounces with five ml bottles than 128 ounces.
All in all this is why when I bottle a five gallon carboy I get 25 1/2 bottles of wine.
This basically won't effect most of you but as I prepare to do my champagne it occured to me when a recipe calls for measurements for a gallon are they really referring to a gallon or 3,750ml (five 750ml bottles). With champagne and sugar measurement this could be a problem. With my blends it's not that great a deal and I will blend based upon a percentage.
Just FYI for those few that are as anal as myself.